A very small, but by no means insignificant militaria find. To date, this is the only SS-affiliated item that I own. Not because of any unwillingness to handle such things, but due to the massive price premium on anything SS-related. I simply don’t have the income to fund a worthwhile collection of SS pieces.
This popped up on eBay as I was browsing one day, and I purchased it on a whim. I know that the SS took out private contracts with munitions companies pre-war, being a political organisation and thus not falling under the supply umbrella of the Wehrmacht. This particular one was made by DWM in 1938, fitting the scope of such contracts.
This casing is a particularly interesting one, as it is marked for SS-TV use. It isn’t in the best of shape, and looks as if it might have been ground dug. The seller made no mention of where it might have come from.
I have photographed it alongside a modern PPU round for comparison.

A very evocative piece, although it doesn’t really stick out from the other items on the shelf. Perhaps that’s a good thing, given its possible context.

Regards, B.B.